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    Importance of language The importance of language is essential to every aspect and interaction in our everyday lives. We use language to inform the people around us of what we feel‚ what we desire‚ and question/understand the world around us. We communicate effectively with our words‚ gestures‚ and tone of voice in a multitude of situation. Would you talk to a small child with the same words you would in a business meeting. Being able to communicate with each other‚ form bonds‚ teamwork‚ and it’s

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    property of the human mind’ (Chomsky‚ 1975).  Does the evidence favour Chomsky’s view?  Language is a form of communication. **First‚ what is language‚ and how does it differ from other forms of communication? There does not exist a universally accepted definition of language‚ or criteria for its use; this is one of the reasons for the disagreement among scientists about whether apes can use language. Language consists of various aspects which people believe are more or less important‚ for example

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    ‘’To have another language is to possess a second soul.’’ said Charlemagne‚ which may sound like a cliché but is actually very accurate. I believe that learning a language expands our life views and provides us some significant opportunities. Firstly‚ I strongly believe that the language we learn directly affects our way of thinking as we start to think in that particular language. For example Turkish is my mother tongue and I am learning English as a second language‚ so I know that there is not

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    death‚ however‚ Dickinson utilizes death as a simple process in human life. She achieves this by creating a tone progression in the speaker‚ beginning with excited hope in disappointed realization‚ through the use of exchange active and passive figurative language and structure patterns. Dickinson basically marks the shift of the speaker’s tone with the lack of action. Then‚ she creates an attitude of excitement and building hopes by indicating the speaker’s complicated sense of detail and the

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    1. Apostrophe- the superscript sign used to indicate omission of a letter or letters from a word‚ possessive‚ case‚ or the plurals of numbers‚ letters‚ and abbreviations. “Those lovers scorn whom that love doth possess? Do they call virtue there‚ ungratefulness?” Sir Philip Sidney‚ “Sonnet 31” 2. Conceit- an elaborate‚ fanciful metaphor. “Our two souls therefore‚ which are one‚ though I must go‚ endure not yet a breach‚ but an expansion

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    Those Winter Sundays By: Robert Hayden In the poem “Those Winter Sundays”‚ the speaker is reflecting on his childhood and his lack of real emotion towards his father while he was a young child. When the speaker becomes an adult‚ he regrets not realizing that his father had his own way of affection towards him. In the present‚ the speaker realizes how hard and desolate it is to show parental love to someone. The poem‘s diction helps paint a vivid picture to the reader about the emotions in this

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    Shakespeare’s use of metaphors and personification to show that love is eternal and accepting in Sonnet 116 and his use of conceit and imagery to highlight the visual flaws of the speaker’s partner in Sonnet 130 convey the idea that small imperfections in love are irrelevant. In Sonnet 116‚ Shakespeare writes that love “is the star to every wandering bark” (line 7). This comparision of love to a star guiding a ship through the sea signifies how love can get people through difficult times. He also

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    writing" 3.1. Organisation 3.2 . Task achievement / Relevance to Question (title) 3.3 . Accuracy 3.4 . Range and style 3.5 . Coherence and cohesion 3.6 . Appropriateness and referencing 4 The role that language discourse functions have in "academic writing" 4.1 Description 4.2 Definition 4.3 Narrative 4.4 Cause and effect 4.5 Comparison and contrast 4.6 Argument 4.7 Exemplification 4.8 Classification

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    What is language? As North Americans living in the early 21st century‚ we have been educated about language from the time we entered school. But much of what we learn about language in schools belongs more to a folk model than to an analytic model of language. Here are several pervasive aspects of our folk model of language. Language is a communication system. It is true that we use language to communicate with others. However‚ language is much more than a communication system. The most recent

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    Value of a Language Words and language are a major aspect in a person’s life. Language is how information is communicated and transferred‚ and it has a major impact on how things are perceived. A common issue with language is that it is easily misused. Propaganda‚ errors and tricks are seen everyday‚ but they go unnoticed. Language is sometimes falsified in order to entice society. Often times the subject at hand is not what it seems. The abuse of the English language is most often seen in politics

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